Acts 7:29
27 But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
30 After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
- KJV
- Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
- WEB
- Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
- ASV
- And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
- DARBY
- And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.
- BLB
- Now at this word Moses fled, and he became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
- ÅB
- Men Moses flyktet for dette ords skyld, og ble en utlending i Midians land og fikk der to sønner.
- OTB
- Ved denne bemerkningen flyktet Moses og ble en fremmed i landet Midian, hvor han ble far til to sønner.
- B1930
- Men Moses flyktet for dette ords skyld, og blev en utlending i Midians land og fikk der to sønner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 18:2–4
After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
Read in contextExodus 2:14–22
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
Read in contextExodus 4:19–20
Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
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